Google removed 700000 bad apps from the Play Store a year ago

In efforts to keep you, and everyone using Android safe, Google remove over 700,000 apps from the Play Store last year, that's 70% more than last year. Famous titles get a lot of search traffic for particular keywords, so the bad actors try to amass installs leveraging such traffic. Google Play is far from ideal, but it is now one of the best and safest places to find apps and games with Google having a vested interest in constant vigilance when it comes to distributing apps. Machine learning enabled Google to eliminate 99 percent of apps with abusive content before anyone was able to download them. The app is available on Google Play for all Android devices.

When it fails, and it will fail sometimes, Google's director of Android security, Adrian Ludwig, explained to ComputerWorld's J.R. Raphael: "The challenge that all detection technology runs into, inclusive of Google Play Protect, is when we see a completely new family coming from a different environment - especially if [the apps] are on the borderline of behavior that might be considered to be potentially harmful and not quite potentially harmful". From keeping those apps from ever making it onto the service, to removing them if they actually do make it through, the company has its hands full.

Google in its part credits this success to its improved ability to detect abuse "through new machine learning models and techniques".

Andrew Ahn, the product manager for Google Play, said in a statement that over 99 percent of the malicious apps were rejected before they could be downloaded or installed by users.

According to Ahn, copycat apps are usually created to resemble popular mainstream apps and is a popular method of deceiving users. Google took down more than 250,000 of these apps in the a year ago. Other malicious apps that Google removed included those called PHAs. As Google finds and shuts down one category, though, another pops up sooner or later. That's roughly twice global consumer spending on apps and in the Play store, which reached $5.5 billion with annual growth of 20%. Some forms of abuse are nearly impossible for Google to detect, after all, especially now that a lot of the code for apps runs on backend systems that Google has no control over. In 2014, the market volume for apps was Euro 909 million.

How many of you have got the latest version of the Google App?

In the end, though, there'll always be some apps that slips through the net.

Related:

Alexei Navalny called for demonstrations ahead of the country's forthcoming presidential election - which take place in March. One group of protesters walked several kilometres and reached the government headquarters as police watched on.

As you can see RSI calculation is fairly simple. ( WAT ), trading down 3.4%, and Netflix ( NFLX ), trading up 9.8% on the day. If the price is below a moving average the trend is down. (2) A downtrend, or bearish trend, means the price is moving lower.

Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was working to bring together a new bipartisan group of senators to reach an agreement. Another 14% in each party would allow illegal immigrants to stay in the USA but not have a path to citizenship.

And he did it on the back of a tough stance against immigration and courtship of closer ties with Russian Federation and China . The Czech constitution gives presidents limited executive powers, but President Zeman has not hesitated to test the boundaries.

The last Blue Moon total lunar eclipse visible from India was in 1963 and the next one will be in 2028, said a press release. You can check if your nearest city will experience the eclipse using this interactive lunar eclipse model .

Despite this, Egypt's electoral commission has insisted it will ensure March's vote is fair and transparent. At a news conference Mousa said the late decision to run came after all other candidates withdrew .

When the driver did not comply, the miscreants pelted the vehicle with stones apparently to hurt the children. A school bus was vandalised in Gurgaon while a Haryana Roadways bus was torched on Wednesday.

As for the United States, another research firm found that the iPhone X is also selling well in Apple's backyard. It also introduces an OLED display design and a suite of new features for augmented reality applications.

Security forces have been deployed in strength at strategic locations in the city to prevent terrorists from moving around. He said police would question the suspect and talk to sister agencies to get the facts.

Trump would not make the trip to the summit, citing unspecified scheduling and logistical issues. But Tuesday, her chief of staff said Mrs.

Comments

Latest news

Pistons make blockbuster deal, trade for Griffin
Reed , 6-11, is in his third season out of Saint Louis, averaging 4.9 points and 3.1 rebounds in 39 games, including five starts. Making matters worse, prior to signing the contract, the Clippers had wooed Griffin with an elaborate and cringe-worthy pitch .

Armenian Man Killed by Turkish Shelling in Afrin
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention warrants for the 11 members of the council early on January 30. Turkey considers the YPG to be a terrorist group and fears the empowerment of Syria's Kurds could be contagious.

Jury convicts man in shooting death of ex-NFL player Joe McKnight
McKnight went on to play at the University of Southern California before being drafted in 2010 by NY , where he played until 2012. Assistant District Attorney Seth Shute told reporters Gasser faced a possible prison term of up to 40 years when he is sentenced.

63 dead, 151 wounded in Kabul bomb blast
The force of the blast shattered windows of surrounding buildings while causing few low-rise structures to collapse. At least 11 people were wounded in the attack. "There were pools of blood". "It targeted our checkpoint".

Fears over US-Turkey military confrontation in Syria
Kurdish forces captured Manbij, which is west of the Euphrates River, from IS in 2016 with the help of the US -led coalition. This comes as USA -backed Syrian Democratic Forces reject a claim by Turkey that ISIS is present in the Afrin region.

Apple Wants More Ebook Market, Hire's Amazon's Audible VP
If the new report is true, Apple's push to modernize iBooks could significantly increase the level of competition in online books. But now, Apple is putting books front and center with a renamed app and a much-needed redesign, according to Bloomberg .